Raytheon Leads Team
Bidding On Indian Satellite-Based Navigation System
(15 July 2008) Raytheon Company is
leading a team to deliver a comprehensive solution for the Indian Space
Research Organization and Airports Authority of India global navigation
satellite systems.
This will complete the final phase of the
Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System,
or GAGAN.
GAGAN will provide satellite-based navigation for civil
aviation across South and East Asia, which will provide India with the most
accurate, flexible and efficient air navigation system deployed.
"We
look forward to continuing our collaborative relationship with ISRO and AAI
during this critical phase of GAGAN," said Andy Zogg, Raytheon vice president
of Airspace Management and Homeland Security. "We are committed to a thorough
transfer of knowledge of the GAGAN system to further enhance India's leadership
position in air navigation."
The Raytheon team will leverage the
experience it gained during the past several years in deploying the technology
demonstration system phase of GAGAN.
The GAGAN design is based on the
experience gained delivering the only certified space-based augmentation
systems. For instance, the Wide Area Augmentation System was certified by the
Federal Aviation Administration in July 2003, and the MTSAT Satellite
Augmentation System was certified by the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau in
September 2007.
Team members are Accord Software and Systems, Pvt. Ltd.
of Bangalore, India, for GPS-based user receiver prototype development
optimised for the equatorial region; Elcome Technologies, Pvt. Ltd. of Gurgaon,
India, for logistical and on-site support; and Naverus, Inc., of Kent,
Washington, for performance-based navigation route design, procedure flight
validation and other related services.
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales
of US$ 21.3 billion, is a technology leader specialising in defence, homeland
security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of
innovation spanning more than 86 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of
sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence
systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With
headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people
world-wide.
(source: Raytheon)
